(Reuters) - Banks, credit card issuers and other financial companies will be able to block customers from banding together to sue over disputes, after the U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly killed a rule banning the firms from using “forced arbitration” clauses.Read Full Article →

The SEC has approved the PCAOB's standard to expand the auditor's report section of regulatory filings. Regulators hope the expansion of the audit reports provide investors with more useful information about companies' financial condition.Read Full Article →

RS has announced on its website that Tropical Storm Harvey victims in parishes of Louisiana and Hurricane Irma victims in counties of South Carolina that are designated as federal disaster areas qualifying for individual assistance have more time to make tax payments and file returns. Certain other time-sensitive acts also are postponed. This article summarizes the relief that's available and includes up-to-date disaster area designations and extended filing and deposit dates for all areas affected by storms, floods and other disasters in 2017.Read Full Article →

(Reuters) - U.S. financial regulations on data retention do not fit with the way people expect to communicate on social media, Fidelity Investments Chairman Abigail Johnson said on Tuesday.Read Full Article →

(Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission will now require companies participating in audits to disclose remarks and inquiries made by independent auditors, the main U.S. financial regulator said on Monday.Read Full Article →

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it will drop a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Department of Justice (DOJ) changed data request rules on alerting internet users about agencies accessing their information.Read Full Article →